Dying to Know You - Softcover

Chambers, Aidan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1419707949 ISBN 13: 9781419707940

Publisher: Amulet Books, 2013

Synopsis

In this Cyrano de Bergerac-like novel, Karl, a teenage boy, enlists a famous writer to help him impress his girlfriend, Fiorella. She's asked him to write her a letter in which he reveals his true self. Convinced he's not good enough with words to please her, Karl tracks down Fiorella's favourite author and pleads with him to take on the task. The writer reluctantly agrees on the condition that Karl submits to a series of interviews, so the letter will be based on authentic feeling. Through these lively, intelligent discussions, award-winning author Aidan Chambers creates an indelible portrait of a teenage boy discovering his own voice in the world and constructs a love story that is as much about the mind as the heart.

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Review:

"Deliberate in pace and carefully insightful in its investigation of character, Chamber’s latest is a work of art that repays multiple readings" (Michael Cart Booklist)

"Packed to the brim with challenging ideas, the latest from Chambers is simultaneously an acutely observed and surprising love story. An organic yet intricately crafted story of self-discovery . . . This is a generous gift" (Publishers Weekly)

"This is a teasingly provocative and touching cross-generational story, written with a rare candour about love, sex, thoughts of suicide and growing old" (Julia Eccleshare Guardian)

"Chambers is so skilled, so calmly truthful in his writing. What emerges is not just a moving, unexpected story of the complexity of teenagers, but also a story of later life, of ageing and loss, and what experience really means" (Patrick Ness Guardian)

"It takes a writer with the superb skill and sensitivity of Chambers to adapt the Cyrano de Bergerac story and turn it into a modern tale of grief, growth and acceptance . . . Great tenderness, authentic dialogue and elegantly crafted plotting. A book to be read and re-read" (Sally Morris Daily Mail)

Book Description:

From the master storyteller, Aidan Chambers, comes this new thought-provoking novel for teenagers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Amulet Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1419707949
• ISBN 13: 9781419707940
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 275